We have a lot of deer that roam our city, and the place that I see them the most...is in our backyard. Early morning, late night, or in broad daylight: multiples of them are often out there munching acorns. Munching on what ?  Did we know that deer eat acorns?  They sure do, and we have quite a few oak trees in our backyard that drop high volumes of acorns, and so, the deer are here.  This morning when I got up, I did not see a single deer, but I heard a single tiny sweet sound in the darkness.  A lone acorn had fallen to the ground, and with the window open, as I got ready for the day, I then heard the ping-bounce sound of quite a few other acorns falling to the ground...soon to be deer food. Hearing an acorn fall to the ground requires a unique (quiet!) environment, and today I experienced it.   I had seen proof  of those acorns falling, because the deer are always around eating them.  But when was the last time that we heard  an acorn fall...